Receiving Body For Transportation Outside State Without Permit Prohibited — Cremation And Removal Of Human Remains

TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 11 MORTICIANS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS 54-1120. Receiving body for transportation outside state without permit prohibited — Cremation and removal of human remains. It shall be unlawful for any public transportation agent of any public transportation facility to receive a dead human body for shipment or transportation by any means of transportation or conveyance to or from any point in this state, or to a point outside this state, unless said embalmed human body is accompanied by a permit for final disposition signed by the individual authorized by law to certify the cause of death. Human remains shall not be delivered to a crematory or removed from the casket or other container without the written consent of the person giving the consent to the cremation of the body.